New Report Shows Impact of COVID-19 on Families and Need for Immediate Policy Response

AUDIO: Lisa Hamilton, President and Chief Executive Officer, Annie E. Casey Foundation
(Baltimore, MD, Monday, December 14, 2020) – Data from the new 50-state report, Kids, Families and COVID-19: Pandemic Pain Points and the Urgent Need to Respond, show children and families are suffering from the unprecedented...

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Time Is Running Out if You Want to Change Your Current Health Plan or Find a New One During the HealthCare.gov Open Enrollment

AUDIO: Darryl Means, Regional Administrator at the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services
(Baltimore, MD, Friday, December 11, 2020) – Time is running out if you want to change your current health plan or find a new one during health care dot gov’s open enrollment. Darryl Means, Regional...

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Explaining the Effective Vaccine and Therapeutics Distribution Supply Chain During COVID-19

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VIDEO: Chip Davis, President & CEO, Healthcare Distribution Alliance

(Arlington, VA, Thursday, December 10, 2020) – Distributors are the backbone of the healthcare supply chain, connecting 180,000 healthcare providers and pharmacies with 1,400 drug manufacturers across the country. In collaboration with partners across the…

COVID-19 Pandemic Is Disproportionately Impacting Communities of Color

AUDIO: Gary H. Gibbons, M.D., Director, The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), and Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D., Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), National Institutes of Health (NIH)
(Bethesda, MD, Tuesday, December 8, 2020) – COVID-19 has killed more than 247,000 people in the U.S., and the death toll continues to rise at a rate of about 1,000 per day. According to the...

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Importance of Keeping Dentist Offices Open During the Pandemic

AUDIO: Patrick Gleason, Vice President of State Affairs, Americans for Tax Reform
(Arlington, VA, Monday, November 30, 2020) – The experience with the first wave of the pandemic, coupled with new research, provides helpful findings and data that governors, legislators, and other policymakers can use to decide...

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The USO Encourages Americans to Support the Military and Their Families This Holiday Season

AUDIO: Dr. J.D. Crouch II, CEO and President, USO
(Arlington, VA, Tuesday, November 24, 2020) – The holidays are one of the loneliest times of the year for our military and their families. This holiday season it is particularly important for all military supporters...

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COVID-19 Crisis Shows Urgency for Massachusetts Legislature to Pass End of Life Options Act in 2020

AUDIO: Maria Spencer, Regional Campaign & Outreach Manager, Compassion & Choices, and Gloucester Resident Lee Marshall, a Psychotherapist and Retired Registered Nurse, who has Metastatic Breast Cancer
(Boston, MA, Thursday, November 19, 2020) – COVID-19 has exposed the fragility of life, the tragedy of loved ones dying alone in agony, in a hospital or nursing home, without the care and comfort of...

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Are We Really Prepared for COVID Vaccinations? Mobilizing the Future Healthcare Workforce to Help

AUDIO: Dr. Robert Cain, President and CEO, American Association of Colleges of Osteopathic Medicine
(Bethesda, MD, Friday, November 13, 2020) – The healthcare system in the United States is back in crisis mode due to the continued spread of COVID-19. Mass vaccination is widely regarded as a critical element...

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